Canalys: Global smartphone market grows 5%, Samsung barely keeps the top spot

15 October 2024
The preliminary Q3 data reveals tight competition ahead of major shopping holidays.

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PureOS, 16 Oct 2024Apple doesn't deserve this spot. Nothing innovative at... moreWhy should they change anything if people keep buying?
Samsung does exactly the same thing as Apple because it works just print a new bigger number on the packaging and it will sell anyway, but will you feel the difference in practice, I sincerely doubt it.
The only place where there is a big jump is between the iPhone 7 and 11, and Samsung between the S7 and S10 unless someone cares about optical zoom, then these models can be moved two up where it has been enlarged otherwise you won't notice the difference during use

    Aierlan, 16 Oct 2024What difference does it make to you though? I think people ... moreI suspect that in China you have the same problem of nostalgia for America as we do in Poland, hence so many people buy from this manufacturer by default because they associate it with prosperity even if another product is better.
    Unfortunately, there is no solution to this

      to the left , 16 Oct 2024The 18% market size from samsung is meaingless when their g... moreSome rumors, after all in India most phones are from Oppo and Xiaomi ^^

        rizki1, 16 Oct 2024It seems like Oppo and Vivo are fighting back against Trans... moreI think it's hard to compare as they don't compete at all in some markets. Take Vivo for example. Over 50% of Vivo's entire global sales come from the Mainland Chinese market. However, Trannsion doesn't sell at all in China. You'd probably need to compare markets for where they both operate to get a better picture

          It seems like Oppo and Vivo are fighting back against Transsion that's why Transsion is out of the top 5.

            Anonymous, 15 Oct 2024because samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... morethey don't care. a large number of people are still buying and even if they lose market share, the most important metric is higher than ever, their profits. profits tell companies what to do, not just market share.

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              The 18% market size from samsung is meaingless when their galaxy flagship
              FAIL to capture most of it .The 18% was flooded with entry and low midrange galaxy phone most of India people will buy it.
              Apple still reign supreme for premium flagship price segment [ > $ 600 ]

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                Loki Laufeyson, 15 Oct 2024From 2015-2021, Samsung killed with their designs. 2015:... moreReally ? better than Sony ! 😝 No enthusiast user going to believe that .

                  PureOS, 16 Oct 2024Apple doesn't deserve this spot. Nothing innovative at... moreWhat difference does it make to you though? I think people should buy what pleases them with their own money. I live in China where basically all brands bar Google pixels are available and I reckon in large cities Apple must have over 30% of the market. Regularly on public transport it looks like it's over 50% apple. I always go for the Chinese brands because they offer better value in China but I'm not going to try to convince locals to abandon their iPhones. I'm not a fan of iPhones but if others like them then that's fine. It's their money after all.

                    Apple doesn't deserve this spot. Nothing innovative at all. Samsung to. Not even a designe change, on both of them. They are boring and lazy companies, which always count on brand loyalty. And that guys is the biggest problem of smartphone market. People need to move away from them.

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                      • 16 Oct 2024

                      101 out of 100

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                        Derick Abraham, 15 Oct 2024For samsung, 70% of their sales comes from budget and midra... moreObviously. It is july - sept.

                        New Iphones had less than 2 weeks to help the count.

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                          • 15 Oct 2024

                          Always told you that Samsung is the king.

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                            Samsung is always trying to barely holding on. It's either Huawei or Apple or Xiaomi taking away their marketshare in either total, premium or foldables.

                              Hemedans, 15 Oct 2024The graph total percantege is 101%. some of the percentages get rounded up and down, just how it happens sometimes

                                For samsung, 70% of their sales comes from budget and midrange devices.
                                And for Apple, it comes from last year's models.

                                  The graph total percantege is 101%.

                                    Anonymous, 15 Oct 2024because samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... moreThey apologize for other thing (Memory) their Mobile Division had huge profit.

                                      samsung trying to be apple, we know samsung can can actually implement some useful features into their products and make a good phone but no the only thing we're gonna get next year is a small redesign only for the note, slightly upgraded camera, more ai and 8 gen 4

                                        bro China celebrates single's day? is this what I'm thinking it is?

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